Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu is a rising star, starting later than Cao Wei and Dongwu. However, with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and the others, and the Five Tigers’ Southern Expedition and Northern War, Shu has also compared with the other two countries. Superior strength. However, in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the talents of Shu appeared to be withered. At the beginning, those generals who defeated the country of Shu died one by one. Among those generals of Shu, only one person survived the entire Three Kingdoms period and witnessed the rise and rise of Shu. The whole process of decline.
Many people may be very unfamiliar with Liao Hua, but they should have heard an allusion "There is no general in Shu. Liao Hua is a pioneer". This allusion comes from the Qing Dynasty, and later generations will often use it to describe the lack of ability of newcomers. Therefore, seniors with qualifications need to stand up and take on the responsibility. But this allusion is often misinterpreted as that some people are as incompetent as Liao Hua. Perhaps in the eyes of most people, Liao Hua is a negligible little person who is incapable and has not made outstanding achievements. In fact, this is not the case. Liao Hua witnessed the rise and fall of the Shu Han throughout the Three Kingdoms period, and finally lived to be more than 80 years old. He also made great contributions to the Shu Han, but his reputation was not as loud as Guan Yu and others.
Liao Hua became a member of the State of Shu during Liu Bei's attack on Yizhou. Later, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to attack Fancheng. At first, Liao Hua was not a pioneer. Later, due to the negligence of his former striker, Guan Yu chose to let Liao Hua be a pioneer. At this time, the Shu Han was full of talents, and it was not that no one could use it to let Liao Hua play. This also proved that Liao Hua's military talent was indeed superb. Unfortunately, the glorious moment did not last long. Afterwards, Guan Yu was defeated by Maicheng and died. Liu Bei was in grief and anger, leading the army to fight Soochow. As a result, Liu Bei fled in embarrassment, and soon died in Baidi City. Liao Hua was under Guan Yu's account. After Guan Yu died, Liao Hua surrendered to Soochow. But Liao Hua didn't really want to be in Soochow, he returned to Shuhan as soon as he saw the opportunity.
Later Zhuge Liang led his army in the Northern Expedition, because at that time the older generation of generals in Shu, such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, were no longer there, and the young and strong faction was not yet mature, so he thought of it when the talents were withered. Liao Hua, let him be a pioneer for the Shu army. At that time, Liao Hua was almost seventy years old, and his own abilities were very average. After learning about it, General Wei laughed and said, "There is no general in the Shu army, and Liao Hua is the vanguard." Later, this sentence was widely circulated and became a well-known allusion. . Liao Hua, who accompanied the army in the Northern Expedition, did not achieve much but made no mistakes. After Zhuge Liang died, he continued to follow Jiang Wei’s Northern Expedition and experienced war after war. Finally, when Deng Aibing came to Chengdu, he surrendered with Liu Chan. He died of illness on the way to Luoyang.
Liao Hua was still active on the battlefield in his seventies, making contributions to the Shu Han, and looking forward to the Shu Han coming back to life. Unfortunately, Liao Hua didn't have the power to recover. Liao Hua is the only warrior of Shu Han who has survived the entire Three Kingdoms period. He has witnessed the rise and fall of Shu Han with his own eyes, but he has no ability to turn the tide. "There is no general in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard", this is the biggest irony of later generations to Liao Hua!
